11/08/2022
By Erin Caples

The Francis College of Engineering, Department of Plastics Engineering, invites you to attend a master’s thesis, defense by Kartik Joshi on “Study on soy-protein based formulations for fiber production and rheological implications”.

Candidate Name: Kartik Joshi
Defense Date: Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022
Time: 10 to 11 a.m.
Location: Saab ETIC-445

Thesis Committee:

  • Advisor Jay Park, Plastics Engineering, University of Massachusetts Lowell
  • David Julian McClements, Department of Food Science, University of Massachusetts Amherst
  • Margaret Sobkowicz Kline, Plastics Engineering, University of Massachusetts Lowell

Brief Abstract: This work aims to understand the effects of specific food ingredients on the processibility of soy-protein-based formulations into fibers. Rheological investigations conducted suggest relations between flow characteristics and fiber forming. Fibers thus produced would be used to construct imitations of animal skeletal muscle to produce meat analogs from plant-based ingredients.

All interested students and faculty members are invited to attend the online defense via remote access.